I've been holding on upgrading for months now. I'm thinking of upgrading to i5 as soon as it's released. The problem is how will it compare to a high-end quad like the q9550.
If I chose the q9550 i'll be spending about $270-280.
If I chose i5 maybe about $400-500. (proc, mobo and ddr3 ram)
Since i5 has Hyper-Threading, a dual core i5 can perform on par or even outperform with a q9550 depending on clockspeeds. Also, I read somewhere in the forums that ddr3 shows minimal or no gains over ddr2, and since ddr3 is still overpriced, i'm now having second thoughts on the i5.
What do you guys think?
early i5 benchmarks: http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclJqawpiacJY/Intel_Core_i5_mainstream_Nehalem_benchmarks/
q9550 benchmarks: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163625
If I chose the q9550 i'll be spending about $270-280.
If I chose i5 maybe about $400-500. (proc, mobo and ddr3 ram)
Since i5 has Hyper-Threading, a dual core i5 can perform on par or even outperform with a q9550 depending on clockspeeds. Also, I read somewhere in the forums that ddr3 shows minimal or no gains over ddr2, and since ddr3 is still overpriced, i'm now having second thoughts on the i5.
What do you guys think?
early i5 benchmarks: http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ymiclJqawpiacJY/Intel_Core_i5_mainstream_Nehalem_benchmarks/
q9550 benchmarks: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163625